Synopsis:

A chronological re-order of Total Recall for a fresh new ride. Your life is just a dream.

Intentions:

It takes the briefest of glances at Arnold Schwarzenegger’s acting career, which includes “Predator,” “The Running Man,” “Commando,” “Twins” and “Red Heat,” to realize that “Total Recall” ranks among his finest work. “Total Recall” is full of the musclebound action that Arnold’s fans enjoy. It also means that this Mars-bound movie is violent, nasty and expensive. How violent? Try a bloody shootout on a Martian escalator between Arnold and armed goons, in which Arnold holds up the cadaver of a slain bystander as a bullet shield; or savor the climactic fighting scene in which the musclebounder causes an adversary’s forearms to be severed between a rising elevator and a rock ledge. In the midst of all the gunfire, the bone-crunching and the Martian local color (a collection of latex-faced mutants), the producers try desperately to come up with that anthemic Arnold retort, the sardonic (and of course, mispronounced) one-liner that will please the crowd. There are plenty of them.

Change List:

the following are in fanedit order. new opening scene trimmed bedroom scene trimmed breakfast scene trimmed the caves scenes benny doesn’t get close ups that indicate he’s a suspicious character. trimmed the recall offices trimmed dr edgemar scene added some nice cam shake for the explosion trimmed the catfight deleted the chase on Mars; no shooting the glass, no golfcart chase in the tunnels deleted the battle in the bar. also the sealing of venusville. Added several volcanic mind-trips, courtesy of Kuato trimmed the harry fight to make it faster trimmed the last resort. no girl with 3 boobs. trimmed phone booth man. no Richter chasing Quaid on earth no bag lady fighting Quaid for the case trimmed front reception guy that kept looking at Quaid. that guy was just creepy deleted jonny cab’s explosion. trimmed Quaid and Hauser at the warehouse Eliminated hologram sound effect. deleted the mars arrival and the exploding mask. trimmed Quaid richter fight. no more ripped arms. trimmed the explosion/depressurace scene trimmed the mars atmosphere scene new ending many more trims to remember

Additional Notes:

I kept wondering if there might be another film lurking in there. One less action oriented and more mind-altering fun. So the attempt is to trim away the over the top action. Gone is much of Michael Ironside’s scenery-chewing Richter. he’s still in the film but he’s menacing in the background. And since this film involves memories and perception of reality, what better way to really stir things up than with the good ol’ mementomix. So just as a reminder: color is the present and B/W is the future in backwards chronology. Hope this fanedits creates a memory of a lifetime. WARNING!!!: This fanedit is not for everyone. It’s not intended as a “fix” but as a new ‘ride’. if you didn’t enjoy the broken chronology of MEMENTO or thought THE DARK KNIGHT:Remixed by jorge didn’t work then I would suggest you skip this fanedit because it’s more of the same. Also, many enjoy the Over-the-top camp humor and action. That is also mostly gone in this fanedit. Is anyone left? Well then you might enjoy this re-arranged, tone down version. Don’t say i didn’t warn you.

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